The Polygon Charitable Trust

Analysis

The Polygon Charitable Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wincanton. It was registered in February 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, The Polygon Charitable Trust reported income of £13k and spending of £10k, leaving 25% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £303 to £13k (+4305%), an average of +158% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2023, when income rose by 2644%. Over the whole period it spent 32% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, The Polygon Charitable Trust sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Williams Brown Hill Charitable Incorporated Organisation (£13k), Age Concern Great Missenden (£13k) and Campton Village Hall (£13k).